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Contact Information

  • 267.359.5853
  • 267.359.5853 F
  • jjq26@drexel.edu
  • Health Sciences Building, Room 11W38

Jennifer Quinlan

PhD

Professor Emerita

Nutrition Sciences Department

Quinlan currently serves on the editorial boards of Food Protection Trends and the Journal of Food Protection. She has served on USDA’s National Advisory Committee for Microbiological Criteria for Foods and is a former Fulbright Scholar to Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary. 

Academic Distinctions

Fulbright Scholar Award 2008-09

Professional Society

Sigma Xi
Phi Tau Sigma
Institute for Food Technologists
International Association for Food Protection
American Public Health Association

Selected Publications

Kavanaugh, M. & J. J. Quinlan (2020). Consumer Knowledge and Behaviors Regarding Food Date Labels and Food Waste. Food Control. 115: Available online March 30, 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107285.

Henley, S. C., Launchi, N. & Quinlan, J. J. (2018). Survival of Salmonella on Raw Poultry Exposed to 10% Lemon Juice and Vinegar Washes. Food Control. 94, 229-232.

Borrusso, P. A. & J.J Quinlan, J. J. (2017). Prevalence of Pathogens and Indicator Organisms in Home Kitchens and Correlation with Unsafe Food Handling Practices. Journal of Food Protection. 80(4), 590-597.

Henley, S. C., Gleason, J. & Quinlan, J. J. (2016). Don’t Wash Your Chicken!: A Food Safety Education Campaign to Address a Common Food Mishandling Practice. Food Protection Trends. 36(1), 43-51.

Quinlan, J. J. (2013). Foodborne Illness Incidence Rates and Food Safety Risks for Populations of Low Socioeconomic Status and Minority Race/Ethnicity: A Review of the Literature. International Journal of Environmental Research in Public Health. 10(8), 3634-3652.

Grant participation:

Don’t Wash my Chicken?! Identifying Barriers to Consumers Adopting Safe Food Handling Practices. 2019-2021, Quinlan, J.J. (P.I.), Gleason, J., Chamberlain, B. Martinez, P., Feist, S. USDA- Critical Areas in Research and Extension Grant - $299,905

Retail Business to Promote Consumption of Processed Foods that Contribute Key Nutrients of Concern to Consumers. 2015-2016, Quinlan, J.J. (Principal Investigator-P.I.) and President of small business awarded grant – 1505 Race St., LLC. USDA-SBIR Grant - $99,944

Identifying & Addressing Potential Poultry and Egg Mishandling Habits of Minority Racial and Ethnic Populations. 2009-2014. Quinlan, J.J. (P.I.), Stein, S.E., Gleason, J. Chamberlin, B. USDA-CSREES NIFSI Grant - $598,752

Determinants of Risks for Foodborne Illness among Populations of Different Racial, Ethnic and Socioeconomic Status. 2007-2012. Quinlan, J.J. (P.I.) and Evans, A. USDA-CSREES Grant - $700,610

Fulbright Scholar Award Grant 2008-2009 to travel to Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary for Spring Semester, 2009. $15,500

Examination of the Effect of Socioeconomic Factors on Food Quality and Safety. 2004-2006. Quinlan, J.J. (P.I.) and Anandan, S. USDA-CSREES SEED Grant - $99,996

Implementation and Evaluation of a Food Safety Education Campaign for College Undergraduates. 2007, Quinlan, J.J. (P.I.) Rutgers University – pass through funding from USDA-CSREES NIFSI Grant - $5,000

Editorial review board membership:

Journal of Food Protection

Food Protection Trends

Research Interests

PhD, Food Science, North Carolina State University
Minors in Microbiology and Immunology

MS, Food Science, Rutgers University

BS, Food Science, Rutgers University